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Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The new pope, while exiting the papal office to the Cathedral for his enthronement as the 118th patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, could not control himself and wept with joy.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II gave a strong slap to the church’s old guards, excluding three leading clergymen of late Pope Shenouda’s secretariat – Bishops Bīshūy, Armiyā and Yu’annis – in response to complaints lodged against them.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sunday (November 4) will mark the altar lot that would name a new pope to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, among three candidates – Bishop Raphael, Bishop Tawdrus and Archpriest Raphael Ava Mina.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
No one exactly knows what the rulings of the sharī’ah are. Are they the Qur’ān and the original Sunnah? Are they the sayings and teachings of the old scholars?
If they are the sayings of the old scholars, then what doctrine should be in use – the Hanafī, Mālikī, Shāfi’ī or Hanbalī?
Date of source: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
On Monday November 10, the deadline for NGOs to register under the Ministry of Social Solidarity ends. This amendment to the law of 2002 which dates back to Mubarak-era places NGOs under the supervision of the Ministry of Social Solidarity. This affects more than 47,000 employees should the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2012
Fasting is not just about refraining from several joys or temporarily controlling some instinct or lust but rather an indication that man is greater than just becoming a being that only eats, drinks and breads. [Yūhannā Qultah, al-Musawwar, July 26, p. 82] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2012
Fasting is not just about refraining from several joys or temporarily controlling some instinct or lust but rather an indication that man is greater than just becoming a being that only eats, drinks and breads. [Yūhannā Qultah, al-Musawwar, July 26, p. 82] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The Freedom and Justice Part, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, is facing a predicament inside the constituent assembly drafting a new Egyptian constitution over the salafists’ insistence that Article II must be amended by removing the word ‘principles’ or replacing it with the word ‘...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Salafī-leaning Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR) issued a fatwá that forbids congratulating Christians on their religious festivities. Commenting on the fatwá in an article written in al-Musawwir weekly magazine, the Coptic thinker and author, Yahyá Tadrous, cited...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 to Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Coptic Orthodox Church declined to issue a statement on the decision to bar priests Philopater and Mattias Nasr from leaving Egypt after they were accused of premeditated murder, attempted raid on a government building – the state radio & TV office, and setting vehicles and public property...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.